Quincy Jones' Bold Claim About Elvis Presley Has People Talking
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- Years after his death, Elvis Presley is still one of the most famous and influential musicians in the world. Though his career had its low points, like the time he volunteered to use his "in-depth study of drug abuse and Communist brainwashing techniques" to help then president Nixon with his War on Drugs, Presley is still fondly remembered as a seminal and beloved musician. However, not everyone is so fond of Presley. Quincy Jones, a beloved musical icon in his own right, recently revealed a surprising history with Presley. Here's Quincy Jones bold claim about Elvis Presley has people talking.
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Elvis refuse to play at Astro dome in Houston Texas because they wouldn't allow his black musician to play. Elvis had cancel the show. The owner finaly agreed and Elvis made the show. Be careful when talking about what you don't know.
And Elvis bought a black lady a brand new Cadillac
@@angelripper_420 she was his personal cook too I believe
@@angelripper_420 -
Yes, he seen a woman who was admiring a car at the dealership and he asked her which car she liked so he bought her a Cadillac along with a lot of other gifts too all delivered to her home.(Yes, she was a Black woman)
@@Mike-vt6jj -
No...
Elvis bought many people cars including a woman at the car dealership who was admiring a car. He bought her a Cadillac along with other gifts and had them delivered to her home. Yes she a Black woman.
Elvis did buy his cook a home and a car as he did buy homes and cars for many people.
So very true. 👍🏻👍🏻
“With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.” - B.B. King (2010)
End of story. 😘
Anytime black people disagree with someone or don’t like certain people they’re automatically racist
C'mon people....BB KING has N-E-V-E-R sugarcoat shit for friend or foe, and is a true LEGEND of blunt truth. If BB says Elvis wasn't a racist, give the legendary BB King CREDIT. If Elvis was racist, BB would tell it like it is....
Folks need to stop hating on Elvis. Elvis used his MEGA SUPERSTAR status and went against KKK, Memphis Dixie mafia, Las Vegas, Hollywood, and racist police when it came to his Black musicians, friends, fans, Black churches, and the Civil Rights Movement. So did Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.....
@@Anti-Simping Not even just Elvis man any person the black community doesn’t like or agree with is falsely accused of being racist now they’re are legitimate cases of racism but it’s like the boy who cried wolf they’re false allegations far out number the legitimate ones makes it to wear nobody listens to the legitimate cases because of the snout of false allegations
B.B. King may have not have known what racism ACTUALLY is. MANY Black people do not. Elvis never denied that he was the king by admitting he mimicked Black entertainers. Did Big Momma Thornton make as much money as Elvis's version?
I heard a story @Elvis when he was young: an elderly black woman left a grocery store carrying her groceries & walking home. He caught up to her & asked if he could help. She let him carry her groceries & they walked to her house, apparently it was quite a walk. Next day he bought her a car. According to his friend (who told the story), Elvis was truly colorblind. He didn’t care @race or color at all.
Pardon me for saying so but your story sounds much embellished. I don't think Elvis ever walked anywhere in his adult life and probably never saw the inside of a bank, let alone a grocery store. However, there is a story of Elvis buying a car for a Black lady but that happened at a car dealership in the 1970s during one of his car buying sprees. The woman was admiring a car and Elvis apparently bought it for her.
That's correct.@@tellittothemarines704
My grandfather (a black jazz musician). Known as the black cat Tom in the 50s opened for Elvis 3 times in his early career. Elvis loved his style of guitar so much that he struck a conversation with him about where the music industry was headed and God knows what else. Low and behold he asked my grandfather how he had arrived to the venue, and my grandfather (19 at the time) informed him that he had walked. Later that night Elvis handed him the Keys to the car he was driving that night, and gave him his personal number, and said to ring him if he needed anything. He kept in touch with Elvis, and even paid visits to Graceland where he would play football, and yard sports with the king. When Elvis passed in 77 I was 12 years old, and I can still remember him coming over with no expression saying “that’s it they got him, the world will never be the same” and I can not agree more as music has gone down hill since his passing.
Thank you for this.
Thank you for sharing your Grandfathers meeting & becoming friends with Elvis. I love this heartfelt story! I could totally in-vision the expression on you Grandpas face when Elvis tossed him the keys😮
Thanks for sharing. Awesome anecdote!
Very cool story.
Sorry dude! Is that grandfather of yours the father of your father or mother?
"We were poor. We weren't prejudiced" - Vernon Presley. Neither was his immortal son Elvis.
James Brown was so inconsolable when he went to see Elvis in his casket for the final time, his own band members left him by himself because it was too emotional for them.
For once, Quincy is very badly wrong.
Q is jelly
The people who call him racist didn't know him and the people who say he wasn't actually knew him. Yes, "racist" is nothing but a cheap political tool, now.
Jones also said The Beatles were the worst musicians ever. LOL. He has some sort of jealousy issue. Nobody claims the Beatles were the greatest musicians. They were great songwriters and the biggest musical phenomenon of all time. They had the top 5 songs at one time. Never seen before or since.
I don't believe the racist claims either. Never did.
@@mademsoisellerhapsody Jones has more talent in his pinky toe than Elvis had in his WHOLE BODY.
"I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. Last time I saw Elvis alive was at Graceland. We sang 'Old Blind Barnabus' together, a gospel song.
I love him and hope to see him in Heaven. There'll never be another like that soul brother." -
James Brown
So its ok he paid precilla parents to bring from Germany hide her in his mansion til 19 married her to hush her up
@@lhuff1069, two hundred years ago they would burn you as a witch if you told people about electricity. In bygones days people were promised into marriage by consent at an early age still goes on today round the world. We know it is inappropriate and wrong but Priscilla even said she chase Elvis as he was already engaged to someone else at the time.
James Brown, another great. But come on Elvis was just a man and we all have flaws. They really were upset about Elvis not letting the artists have the credit for their work. I would be mad too.
@@neilstern1694 -
not getting credit???
What are you talking about??
EVERY SONGWRITER got PAID & was ARTISTICALLY RESPECTED when Elvis sang their song!!
The songwriters name was on that record!
And btw, artists were grateful and happy when Elvis sang their song!
So what do you say when black artists sings a song from a white writer??
Isn’t it all MUSIC?!?
Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller wrote Hound Dog -
Elvis, just like other singers, sang songs from both black and white writers!! He added his own flare to the songs, he produced his own music! Elvis made & changed history and he did it with humility, graciousness, respect and love which is why people love him but why people hate on him because of their own failures and jealousy!
Elvis was very aware of the negative criticism at him. He understood that with his success, his stardom, there will always be people trying to knock you down, trying to discredit you.
Elvis always stood above all that! Elvis’ spirit and soul was love!!
@@melvis1516 thanks for your reply, what I said was what I heard . Thanks for sticking up for him .
MUHAMMAD ALI - 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know. We must understand, Elvis did lot for poor people, he cared for people, he had a good heart, he just wasn't a person who was great with talent, but he was great in spirit and with God in his heart. I wouldn't praise nobody if he don't deserve it, because I am the greatest of all time in boxing, in boxing. I said boxing ! But I'm telling you, I'm Black, I'm a Islamic, I'm 100% different from you. But I’ll tell the world Elvis was the greatest of all time. I'm a Muslim who's black who stands up for what he believes. I don't have to say what I don't feel, I'm not false, I don't have to say this. I have no Bosses. I'm free. He to me, is one of the greatest singers, actors and all round men of all time.” ~ "THE GREATEST" MUHAMMAD ALI.
if u don't think racist didn't have a number of black celebs that they worked with, you're crazy
@@JomoDaMusicMan Elvis Presley WAS NOT A RACIST. BB King, who was a victim of racism his entire life, was VERY SPECIFIC about Elvis.
BB KING: 'If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist, then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history.
Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism. With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.
Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns (on BB's guitar).
It was Elvis' way of relaxing. I'll tell you a secret, we were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business, and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them.
@@depper what makes BB's words or opinion more important than QUINCY JONES OPINION
@@JomoDaMusicMan Easy. Because BB spend HUNDREDS OF HOURS with Elvis. They KNEW each other. Quincy never met Elvis AND he was caught in several lies about this video alone.
Here is how Quincy lied in this case:
#1. Quincy stated that TOMMY DORSEY told him that HE REFUSED TO WORK WITH ELVIS because he's a racist. Guess what? Dorsey hired Elvis on SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS to perform on his show. Then Dorsey DIED in 1956. Elvis and Dorsey worked together up until the end of his life. So THAT ONE is BS.
#2. Quincy claims that he saw Otis teaching Elvis HOW TO SING in person many times. Quincy said "Every time I saw Elvis, he was being coached by Otis Blackwell, telling him how to sing."
FACT CHECK: OTIS BLACKWELL said on DAVID LETTERMAN in 1987 that HE NEVER MET ELVIS. ** NOT ONE TIME. ** Otis' family then verified that the only reason Otis never met Elvis was that he was very shy and was afraid to ruin the big royalty monies that he was getting from Presley sales. They also said ELVIS BOOSTED Otis' fledgling career and he was even able to tour again. SO THIS WAS A BIG LIE from Quincy that Otis' family disputed.
#3. Lastly, in response to Jones's weird reply, "I wouldn’t work with him," THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that Elvis ever asked Quincy Jones to work with him. So with Quincy's three major statements failing the smell test, it is clear that QUINCY WAS FULL OF CRAP.
Elvis understood poverty and hunger because that was his life. He witnessed whites and blacks of all ages suffer. He went hungry and his family went hungry. His parents picked cotton along with the poorest black and white families. All during the great depression and segregation.
Elvis Presley was singing in the 1940s in black and white churches down during this dangerous racist time. His viewpoint coming from dirt poverty was profound. His own twin brother was stillborn and buried in a SHOEBOX due to lack of ANY funds for a proper burial.
His home was a shotgun shack, built by his father by hand, and with no electricity. That was his humble beginnings. He grew up in two legendary neighborhoods Shakerag in Mississippi and Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. Two ghettos and music hubs. And the rest is history.
house also had no running water....therefore an outhouse
“Elvis had a robe made for me. I don’t admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you’d want to know.”
- Muhammad Ali
Enough said!
And that was before he gave a speech that he wrote at an Elvis Presley memorial service
@@depper Beautiful stuff! Elvis co-signed by multiple civil rights activists. Old head Quincy and modern day woke culture aren’t friends of facts, though.
excellent
Most bigots view African American celebrities in a very different light then they do the average Black man, woman, or child. There are thousands of whites who listen to music by iconic Black artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Beyonce, Jay Z, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder to name a few but do not want anyone who looks like them living next door to them or even in their neighborhoods.
A perfect example of this hypocrisy can be seen by the Italians who lived in Bensonhurst Brooklyn during the unrest after Yusef Hawkins was murdered. When celebrities such as Spike Lee would march with the protestors he would hear vile racial slurs being used by the white Italians who lived in these Bensonhurst neighborhoods, but in the same breath they would ask him if he could bring Flavor Flav from the Hip Hop group Public Enemy to Bensonhurst so that they could meet him.
@@djranlove dude...italians are racist since the roman empire
Even egiptians saw dark skin people low
In fact...the slaves solded to the settlers amd colonizers are coming from north afrika solded by other black tribes as "War Spoils", most islam countries are light brown skin or tanned, and the Muslim Otoman empire who ruled most of europe or more specificly what we know as the balkans were white
Is not about race, is about countries and cultures
We in latinamerica we can say the N word an nobody gets angry or b1tch about it (even if we suffee the slavery and get ruled by the spanish empire for most of 600 years)
The problem with racism in U.S.A Starts with whites and keep going by the same P.O.C who became vindictive thats why they reinforce those racist stereotypes, P.O.C sabotage themselves, SPECIALLY if somebody gets rich and leave the ghetto.
There is a story that Elvis once threatened to walk away from a concert after hearing that the the show organizers didn't want the Sweet Inspirations to sing with him. Apparently, the organizers didn't want black backing vocalists accompanying Elvis. However, the show organizers changed their minds after Elvis threatened to leave. Standing up for the Sweet Inspirations don't seem to fit the narrative that Elvis was racist.
Yep
Plus he lived in a black community
That's a fact! It was Texas Astrodome in 1970. 1 of the Sweet Inspirations( his Background Singers)...talks about it in the documentary "Elvis and The Black Community "
The man isn’t around to defend himself from these allegations. Elvis’ personal cook was a Black woman. If Elvis was a racist, why would a white racist allow a black woman to cook his meals? When she retired, Elvis bought her a house.
I believe it was Mirna of the Sweet Inspirations who spoke of the incident to be true!
I used to have a lot of respect for Quincy Jones until i heard him say this. I think I'll believe people like BB King who actually knew Elvis.
Same. BB spend hundreds of hours with the man. one on one.
Same. Great music producer, but as it turns out, kind of a shit person.
Black people who accuse Elvis of being racist are just bitter people. Who want to tear down his legacy. They sound like the racists to me.
"Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business." - Isaac Hayes
Its usually the most racist that screams "racism" the loudest...
What about those who are vehemently defensive every time they hear the word "racism"?
You got that right
@Deus Ex Machina makes more sense than your stupid comment!
@Michael: Elvis loved all cultures. Elvis had many, many black artists as friends. Many black people who have met Elvis say that Elvis was a wonderful person and loved black culture. A friend of Elvis' once said: "Elvis cried when he heard that Martin Luther King was shot". All of this is very well documented. whoever says something else is lying. Elvis himself said: No matter who you are, no matter where you come from - we are all the same and come from God.
Exactly Right!!!
Elvis was not racist at all
He loved everyone
Rest in peace Elvis Presley❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
I dont know if he ever be with black woman.
Quincy was out of pocket for this. He also slandered Marvin Gaye reputation
Before Elvis' burial, James Brown did a visitation. He wept beside Elvis' coffin for hours.
Anyone believe that the man who sang, 'Say it loud, "I'm Black and Proud!' would react that way to a racist?
Exactly!!!!!! Quincy Jones is FULL OF IT!!!!!
It's HORSESHIT! By a has been, who, who knows maybe want to resurrect his once great career. Actually, kidding about the resurrect because I really don't know if he's doing any more music or retired. I only know I NEVER, EVER, LIKED THE JAZZ type music from his music scores. But that has a lot to do with the fact I simply don't like the movies of today or let's say late 60's, so that's not all on him.
Yes, it’s true, there were 2 people who stayed each by themselves the longest with Elvis as he lay in state & that was Ann-Margret & James Brown!
James Brown would say he and Elvis would say to each other they were brothers from a different mother!
The Sweet Inspirations said they would call him boss and Elvis would say don’t call me that, I’m not your boss, I’m your brother! They said he really meant that too!!
The Sweet Inspirations were with Elvis from 1969 to 1977, if he was anything wrong or bad, they would have not stayed with him until his death! They loved Elvis and he loved them!
Nuff said ~
TCB⚡️TLC⚡️
@@melvis1516 Exactly!!!!!!
@@melvis1516
Nuff said and very well said! Thank you!
“With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.” - B.B. King (2010)
There are many other comments like this from those who actually knew Elvis, such as James Brown, Sammy Davis Jnr, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Wilson
🤠👏👏👏🔥❤️
Ignorant people always have a way to bring a bad light on those who have already passed away. It really upsets me when the race card is used wrong. There are racist people on the world so these people should be able to label enough real racist. And not lie about someone who obviously respected their race enough to learn from them, emulate them, and help to bring a new style of music to the public. Also making it so big that to this day people are being praised for doing crossover music.
he never wore his pants under his ass..
Yes, its amazing how many black men spoke about Elvis Presley praising him! Elvis Presley🤴❤👏
Elvis actually paid Jackie Wilson's medical bills! When Jackie was dying and he and his family couldn't afford his treatment Elvis stepped in and paid for everything. Some racist. It's a damn shame Quincy had some issue with Elvis and now smears the man's name with pure lies 40 years after he died. That's the actions of a real pos.
Elvis' bestfriend as a child was Sam Bell, a BLACK kid in his poor neighborhood of Tupelo. Elvis bought his cook, Mary Jenkins a BLACK woman a house and a new car. Elvis was a helluva lot less racist than Quincy Jones, who exclusively worked with black artists, while Elvis had entire backup groups of black singers. Elvis didn't "steal" or appropriate black music, he just brought it to the world via TV, radio and magazines because black music was what he grew up as a child singing in the black church down the street. He also grew up to become wealthy but gave MILLIONS to BLACK causes. Now that's all you need to know when people falsely accuse the late, great icon and King of Rock n Roll as being "racist".
Theyre just assholes throwing down the race card.
as a Black man that’s from the school of Malcolm X, i don’t think elvis was racist .
James Brown on Elvis "MY BROTHER. WE sung Gospel together." James was in the room with Elvis' casket for hours after he died. They had to pull him out of the room, he didn’t want to leave. James knows best. So did Muhammad Ali. So did B.B. But James Brown knew Elvis the best. And he NO DOUBT would have responded to Quincy Jones' BS.
You really believe James? 🤣🤣🤣
If he wasn't a racist then why did he help steal all those song from blind black man in the basement and let him die broke
James Brown & Elvis were friends, they would say, ‘we’re brothers from a different mother!’ - Brown was at Elvis’ funeral, it’s well documented! Anyone questioning anything about Elvis doesn’t know, his life & iconic legacy is well documented. Those who have negative criticism about Elvis, prove how ignorant they are! Jackie Wilson in an interview was asked, ‘if you could play any artist on the radio for an hour, who would that be?’ Jackie responded with, “ELVIS PRESLEY!” The surprised reporter asked, ‘really, why Elvis?’ Jackie said he and Elvis were good friends and ‘Elvis did a great favor for me. I was playing at a club, called the Trip and we were having a little difficulty getting people to come out that particular time. So, Elvis came out twice for me, and, well, you couldn’t get in. They said if Elvis goes, well...hey, let’s go!’ Jackie’s drummer Jimmy Smith recalls; “Elvis came to the club in a white suit and a white Rolls Royce. I said, That man’s got style, ain’t he?”
Elvis rarely went out publicly but he did for Jackie. Elvis and Jackie greatly admired each other! In between sets, backstage, Elvis met with Jackie and expressed his admiration for Wilson’s talent!
They also had a lot in common, they were the same age, being the only son, and having an unbelievably close & loving relationship with their mother, although Elvis was born in Mississippi, Jackie’s family came from Mississippi. -
Elvis invited Jackie to his movie set, Jackie took up the offer and visited him at MGM. They had photos taken like two old friends. Elvis signed the photo for Jackie, “Jackie, you have a friend forever, Elvis Presley” - Jackie carried the photo everywhere thereafter, it was a treasure.👑🎸🎶😎⚡️
@@dougboyd9599 what blind black man are you talking about?
@@dougboyd9599 Yes I do, considering he was crying profusely at Elvis' wake, YES I would say I do.
Elvis grew up in the poorest part of town and attended a black church.
That's where he learned to sing and he loved singing the old gospels that he grew up on. His life was miserable when he became famous because he no longer had control of his life
Hi saw this nice comment of yours that caught my attention but we are not friends here on CZcams, I hope you don't mind us being friends 🌹🌹🌹.
Exactly! At last someone who knows what theyre talking about!
...so did half the dudes I knew who ended up in the klan. Growing up around Black people in the south doesn't mean sh*t. Sorry.
@@elijahcumpton9926 No matter what, someone has to bring up race. Pretty sad when we can't talk or educate people without some kind of political agenda being involved.
@@glorybea3060 ....well this video is specifically about race, for starters. So.
Elvis Presley.....IS and Will ALWAYS WILL be defended by the truth ...,miss you hope you are finally Happy
Elvis has always been known to be kind and have a lot of respect for Black Artist.
It is shame he is being smeared.
Muhammad Ali
James Brown
B. B. King
Sammy Davis jr and lots of other black legends said the opposite.
Never saw a better pair of legs than those of Muhomned Ali.
One couldn't help but love Sammy Davis Jr and his madcap ways. His white friends didn't fight for his equality at events etc. So props to Elvis!
@@hanorabrennan8846 neither did Elvis speak up about racial inequality, what's your point?
Elvis has Muhamad Ali's seal of approval. That is all.
Boom💥
Exactly
EXACTLY!!
I heard they weren’t really that good of friends (Quincy Jones) that Elvis was a big racist ,,
The only racists are these black entertainers, who never even met him and are frankly jealous of his success. He was well known as a uniter not a separatist of the races. He almost ruined his career over it. Actions speak louder then hateful ignorant words, which is what Quincy and others are about. His own daughter never would have married Michael either.
"I used to live in Memphis, back when Elvis was alive. He bought football uniforms, band uniforms, etc., for Humes H.S. Yes, he graduated from there. By the 70s, Humes was predominantly Black. And Elvis showed no embarrassment that he went to school there. Nor did his generosity cease when the school's demographic changed. A racist would've acted differently." -- a alumni student of Humes HS
Oh and I almost forgot, he bought a house for his longtime cook, a black women. That also was always with his daughter. What a racist indeed...dah
You call him paying price I'll parent to let him take her at 13 yo? To his mansion to drug her lock her up beat her you call thst bum. A hero?
@@lhuff1069 Pal, you can't even spell. Just stop it already, you've been commenting nonsense on almost every comment I've seen.
@@lhuff1069 hahaha you're mad about something, you've been repeating the same thing every time
@@lhuff1069 you are an idiot...I see the same cr@p from you on several posts.
@@lhuff1069
Since when did he date a 13 year old? Since when did a 13 year old live in his house?
Where are your facts? You have none. You are just ignorant and spreading lies about Elvis King of Music!
Considering the wonderful things BB King and James Brown had to say about Elvis I'm gonna say I really don't think he was a racist man at all
He was not a racist - some black people were disgruntled because he succeeded with material that black entertainers couldn’t. It’s the public that wanted a white guy to sing those songs.
Elvis was far from racist
"Elvis was my close personal friend,” recalled Ali. “He came to my Deer Lake training camp about two years before he died. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.”
Where can I find that info
Or video
@@no1nestandsalone387 it’s out there. saw it on reddit though
I totally believe you
Elvis gave Ali a custom made robe that said THE CHAMP on the back. While Ali was in boxing exile
The only thing Jones said that was right is that he should shut up now. People that constantly bring up race r the true racist because it matters to them.
Racism is not simple Bias. It is Political, Economical, Judicial and Social Discrimination, Antagonism, and Predudice against a group or individual of another Ethnic group.
In the last few years Quincy has made so many stupid and false statements that you really can't take him seriously.
Your talking about tace rigth now u fking hypocrite. Only when you have a opinion about race you can talk about it. Only dum people like this fking comment.
@@whizkidd2227 Whiz Kidd? You can't even spell or put together a sentence properly. No smart person can take you seriously, sorry.
@@justiceforall6412 that what people like you say so that dont have to argue that facts. If your scared just say you're sacred.
I know more than a little about Elvis and he was not a racist. He was actually far from a racist. He grew up in projects and hung around the black musicians in Memphis as a kid. He had more than one black role model and even bought his black cook a house in Memphis.
Why did Quincy think Elvis was racist for not liking him? More likely Quincy was just an asshole, but refused to admit this as its easier to play the race card.
But Elvis was born and raised in a black neighborhood in Tupelo MS and had a number of black friends including BB King, Mahalia Jackson and others. Based on what we've all heard of Mr. Jones, I'd say Elvis just didnt like him and thats ok, because we are ALLOWED to dislike or like who we want and it's NOT always race based. Stop playing that race card, people!!
THE LEGEND Mr BB KING spent A LOT OF TIME WITH ELVIS: "I think Elvis had integrity'. If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist, then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite. I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing.
I'll tell you a secret -- We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them." 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
@@thesecularatheist Because it doesn't fit their narrative. What else? Its in B.B.'s AUTOBIOGRAPHY and he had NO REASON to lie. Actually, people were and still are HARD ON HIM for telling the TRUTH.
He's just trying to discredit Elvis's legacy, sorry person, and racist himself.
Certainly is ❗
He lied about Elvis Presley because he was suffering from a lot of envy jealousy and racism. Quincy Jones seemed like a terrible person.
He's living proof that success doesnt make you a better person
He was married to peggy lupton which was white RIP peggy
Quincy Jones was married to a white woman and has like 7 mixed kids.. but sure.
To get to Elvis' heart and soul, you got to go through BB King. Nobody in the world of music knew Elvis better than B.B. He spent A LOT OF TIME WITH ELVIS: 'Before Elvis we had Little Black Sambo, separate black restrooms and water fountains, and colored events that kept us away from the whites', BB King noted as he mention that Presley would attend events especially designated just for African-Americans.
In June 1956, Presley ignored Memphis's segregation ordinances by attending 'Colored Night' at the local fairgrounds amusement park. The following December, King was there as Presley opened up almost unbreakable racial barriers by attending and supporting the segregated WDIA black radio station's annual fund-raising event for 'needy black children' at Memphis' Ellis Auditorium.
King wrote in his autobiography that he 'liked Elvis. I saw him as a fellow Mississippian. I was impressed by his sincerity. When he came to the Goodwill Review (the event WDIA fund raisers of 1956 and 1957), he did himself proud'.
'The Goodwill Revues were important', he wrote. 'The entire black community turned out. All the DJs carried on, putting on skits and presenting good music'. In his autobiography, King said he held no grudges because 'Elvis didn't steal any music from anyone. He just had his own interpretation of the music he'd grown up on, same is true for everyone. I think Elvis had integrity'.
'If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. 'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed.
'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them." 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
His mother raised him to be kind to others and to help everybody. Elvis wasn’t racist.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY: Jackie Wilson was singing " Lonely Teardrops" in 1975 and collapsed when he sang " my heart is cryin" ....when he fell on stage floor the crowd roared .....they thought it was part of the act. But Dick Clark was there and knew it wasn't and immediately called for aid.....CPR was given by a CPR trained member of the next singing group waiting to go onstage. Terrible tragedy. Jackie was in coma from the stroke for few weeks. He finally woke up. The nurses & PT got him Up. He stood with PTs help and walked beside bed for 5 to 6 steps and had another stroke right then and there. That one did all the severe damage. It was Elvis Presley that went to see him. Elvis paid ALL his medical bills. After Elvis died, Graceland continued Elvis' instruction to pay for Jackie's bills. Utterly Heartbreaking. When someone tries to say Elvis didnt give back, there is NO BETTER proof than this. No cameras, no press. ZERO RECOGNITION. NO ONE KNEW outside the Presley and Wilson families that Elvis did this until after THEY BOTH PASSED. RIP Forever Brothers in Paradise...... you really did stand by each other... What did Quincy ever do for ANYONE BESIDES THAN HIMSELF????
Since jackie was performing on the Dick Show at the Latin Casino in New jersey, there was medical insurance from Dick Clark's company, however, Elvis payed $35,000...a huge sum in those days. The singer who performed CPR on Jackie was Cornell Gunther of "The Coasters".
On August 29, 1975, I was with Jackie in Las Vegas where he was performing on the same Dick Clark show..which included The Coasters and Dion (of the Belmonts).
I met Jackie Wilson when I was 16 years old and he was at the peak of his popularity, and surprisingly, we became the very best of friends. Over the years I spent a lot of time with him, andhad seen him perform approximately 150 times and believe me, NO ONE cold top Jackie on record or stage.
I was with Jackie when Elvis came down to see Jackie perform for the very first time at "The Trip" in 1966, and he went CRAZY watching Jackie on stage.... all the other stories of them meeting on the set of Elvis' movie, "Girl, Girls, Girls" are false...since the movie came out in 1962, and they didn't meet until 1966.
Later, Elvis told Jackie, "There is no reason why you're not the #1 singer in the world ". I agree!
WOOOW!!!! Great story!!!🙌🏽🙏🏽👏🏽
@@PutOnASweater Great story
"Elvis was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn't let Black music through. He opened the door for Black music." -
Little Richard
@Ray Kaihe -
You DO REALIZE your comment makes no sense AT ALL!!
Lmao
And please re-read and comprehend THE QUOTE!
@Ray Kaihe
You’re riled up by a propaganda site spreading bias and lies to incite racial hatred - and ya fell for it!
Elvis was a racist with originality just copy and appropriated Black talent
Just like MTV refuse to play black artists videos till they was force to play Michael Jackson music videos. And history was made.
@@marymoore5776
hahahaha what history... oh the guy with how many different noses who had children in his bed.... he admitted to it on camera saying it was the most intimate way of showing love..... oh yeah, that guy, who ya gonna cry for next, R Kelly - oh how about that guy with a gun who bound and tied underage girls and drove them over state lines, oh what was his name, oh yes, Chuck Berry!
This is just so absurd that Elvis was a racist.. he loved the black culture/people… he had the same cook from 1965 to the early 1980’s she was black and stayed working at Graceland after Elvis death to care for his father and grandmother after Elvis died.. he bought her a home and he loved her… she was black, she even wrote a book about him! He also gave tremendously to MLK when he was alive and in death, he gave to many African American charities. To claim he was racist is just horrible for him he absolutely was not and these people who claim that are saying they “hear” there is not evidence of that
This is one of the most ridiculous videos I have ever seen. First of all, I am not especially an Elvis fan, however, he was no racist. If you had done any research about the Black artists he idolized...which is readily available, you would have known that. BB King and Rufus Thomas are just a couple of the many Black artists who have denied that Elvis was racist.
Elvis' early records were played regularly on Black radio stations. Twenty Four of these made the Billboard R&B charts.
Also amazing how those younger rap "singers" consider Elvis a racist when they were not even born when he is accused of being one.
Mary J Blige proves her ignorance saying what she said about "Blue Swede Shoes...It was originally a hit by Carl Perkins, and outsold Elvis' version.
What this video doesn't mention, is that whenever Elvis recorded a song that had been composed by Black artists, they made A LOT of $$$ from Elvis' records sales on royalties, usually much more than they did on their original versions.
Elvis recoded 5 Little Richard songs, which were included on his LPs which went Platinum...the royalties on those songs to Richard were probably in the hundreds of thousands dollars.
PS. My favorite singer, and best friend was Jackie Wilson.
END OF A LEGEND. Shame on what Quincy has become, a TOWN DRUNK that spews nonsense, hate & lies. QUINCY: "every time I saw Elvis, he was being coached by songwriter Otis Blackwell, telling him how to sing.” OTIS BLACKWELL: "No I never met Elvis --- Elvis was recording 2 yrs prior to ever hearing me sing --- He didn't need a singing coach."
What sealed the deal for me towards Elvis was finding out about his friendship with Jackie Wilson. Both entertainers had respect and admiration for one another. Both their careers had similar peaks and valleys. During the mid-70's, when Jackie suffered a heart attack on stage, the health scare essentially put an end to his performing days. Elvis was so hurt by the news, he informed Jackie's family that he'd personally handle all medical bills. Elvis did this right up until his own death in August of 1977. Now that's a true friend. NO RACIST would do this. IMPOSSIBLE
Exactly. They don't educate themselves on who he really was. They just listen to hearsay.
Maybe Col Tom Parker said something and it got confused, or something similar got confused. I will never believe he was a racist. He didn't "co-opt" black culture either - he played Rockabilly style, which is decidedly country-ish, with influences from black music. It's like saying any non German person who pays classical music is co-opting white music, which is of course stupid. I agree with you basically: Elvis looked up to black performers and was close friends with many black people.
I’ve read the same thing about his friendship with Jackie Wilson. I have definitely never read anything about Elvis being a racist. Anything is possible but I am surprised.
@@danielcombs3207 Don't be surprised. Be PISSED that someone would LIE about deceased human being without a shred of evidence. Elvis was not racist. And black people around him that knew him well were very vocal that he was not racist. Muhammad Ali, BB King, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry. There is NO WAY Ali and Brown would voluntarily befriend a racist. And they didn't just BEFRIEND ELVIS, they called themselves brothers. They were very very close.
Come to think of it Eric Clapton actually verbalized his racism on stage during a drunken rant on stage. If people can hold Mel Gibson accountable for his drunk rant well you know where I’m heading with this. But Clapton didn’t use the N word he used British slang he called dark people golliwogs. Of course he begged to be forgiven as soon he came to his senses. But why was that horrible racist shit even in his head. He is naïve when it comes to his hunt for perfection in his love of blues music. I watched a interview on Sixty Minutes with Ed Bradley where he romanticized about being black in the south and playing delta blues in the fields . I guess he never heard of Jim Crow.
Elvis purchased a home for his cook Mary Jenkins! She had nothing but good things to say about him❤️
One thing I don’t get is that racism was so widespread and accepted, why would Elvis lie and say he wasn’t racist? Like if he was, his audience in the 50s wouldn’t have cared. I genuinely don’t believe Elvis was a racist and I don’t know a single Elvis song. If anything, I think he admired black culture enough to want to sing and perform like black performers.
I love how they mention two artists who never met Elvis, and weren't even alive at the time of these accusations. It just proves once again that anyone can make a claim about someone's character without any evidence and get away with it without people even batting an eye.
@Ian Salyer ~ in Jackson’s case, he had young children in his bed with him. He said so on film. Jackson said it was the purest form of love..... (having other people’s kids in bed with him) - said during an interview on camera. IMO that’s a very weird, scary weird, sick weird comment to make.
Why did he really marry LMP?? .... cause of WHO her daddy was....no one would put Elvis’ daughter’s husband in prison.
Jackson paid off many many lawsuits.
Questions are and also what’s really scary, what we don’t know because of non disclosure settlements. What really happened to those young little kids in Jackson’s bed?
Seems no one really cares.😢
@Ian Salyer typically answer from a hard-core fan.
@Ian Salyer then you living in dream world bro. Do some unbiased research. His guilty as hell.
@Ian Salyer Ssssuuuuuurrrreee!!😉
You live in a disturbed world. Jackson admitted himself on film, having young kids in his bed. To him it meant ‘pure love’ that’s a really creepy thing to say.
He was abused by his own father, usually when that happens, the victim now becomes the predator.
What really bothers me is how people don’t care about safety of young children....
There wasn’t just one child either (although that’s 1 too many) it’s hard for a group who at different times accused Jackson. Pretty hard for everyone to be lying.... all those kids lied....?? Come on...
What bothers me also, is the fact that LMP’s son committed suicide. We will never know what happened. Why? What happened in that young man’s mind to think that was his only destiny. Is it relevant? Idk but Jackson’s past is beyond creepy.
@@melvis1516 Oh so you exposing MJ but have nothing to say about Elvis being in his 20’s dating 14 year olds and I don’t want to hear that bs it was a different time or they didn’t do anything sexual while dating
TOTAL BULLSHIT!! LOOK at the James Brown video of his feelings about Elvis. Elvis sang gospel music in his off time all the time. Elvis was way more black than quincy jones will ever be. let me repeat Elvis sang gospel music all the time at home or wherever there was a piano he sang gospel for the beatles, led zepplin james brown, i'm siorry but anyone who sings gospel music like elvis did and calling him racist is just wrong and low. lower than the lowest its too bad quincy jones took that road but hey it speaks of his character.
agree 100 %.just ask whitney houston.s mother . quincy has always been a race baiter
James Brown is not a good example to use. Whether he truly liked Elvis or Elvis liked him we will never know. First, he wasn't really a friend of Elvis like Sammy Davis Junior was. Also James Brown supported Nixon and Reagan who both were not keen on African Americans. Nixon didn't even like James Brown but was told it would be good to get the black vote.
Sammy's friendship with Elvis and Elvis' friendship with black actress and singer Barbara Jean McNair who he met on his last film Change of Habit would prove he's not racist.
@@Raider577
James is a great example to use! He and Elvis were very good friends!
@@marilynpresley2am There is no evidence or proof that they were great friends apart from them meeting each other once or twice. Or James Brown saying how great Elvis was. Elvis was actually great friends and had more encounters with Sammy Davis Jnr than with James Brown.
@@Raider577
I watched a video about how James Brown went to Elvis’s funeral and sat next to his coffin and said goodbye to him. I thought they were great friends. You may be right tho, I’ve never really looked into it.
The fact that Elvis went around these black neighborhoods should speak volumes in itself. He was a very generous person as well. He gave so many things to individuals who were struggling.
My grandparents were his neighbors. Completely shocked. We found a ton of old photos. I was wtf??? He’s very far from racist. His parents in my opinion were alittle a head of their time with living next to a black family… but my minds still blown after watching the movie lol!!!
We're keeping certain details private out of respect to his family , my grandparents, and his parents. Very nice family!
I refuse to watch the movie. Does it try to depict him as racist?
@@aurora_- No it doesn’t. Your fine lol! He was a normal dude. My grandpa gates always said- we didn’t have no Michael or Britney Spears- so he wouldn’t have been as fancy. They told me that he would stay over our home or another kids home out on the farm land. His parents were really sweet for that. They just said he thought the black church’s people with dancing was so much lol. He loved it. I’m like really mom lol.
@@raycarter8070 Awe thanks for sharing that is so cool
@@aurora_- Same here lol!
Elvis was not a racist, he was not brought up that way! Quincy just an old man that is too old!
"Elvis loved gospel music. He was raised on it. And he really did know what he was talking about. He was singing Gospel all the time - almost anything he did had that flavor. You can't get away from what your roots are." - Cissy Houston (The Sweet Inspirations co-founder & member & sang vocals for Elvis, also mother of Whitney Houston)
Elvis is the best
@@turtlecoal
LMFAO
Your comments reveal serious psychological problems.
Get help.
Low IQ sheep call the king of rock n roll a racist.
He clearly was not.
@@turtlecoal your an idiot they met when she was 14 and Elvis was in the Army, when they married she was 23 and he was 33 do your homework before you make stupid comments.
@@turtlecoal You better research My friend
NO STORY contradicts Elvis not being a racist. NO ONE .. not ONE BLACK PERSON EVER CALLED ELVIS A RACIST THAT MET HIM. Not One. Not even Muhammad Ali or James Brown or BB King. And unlike Quincy, they actually KNEW THE MAN PERSONALLY and sang gospel and the blues together, and spoke on issues of their day. THEY WOULD KNOW THE TRUTH. And they spoke on it.
I don’t believe Elvis was racist …. He played black music for Christ sake . I think a lot of black musicians resented his success . But the ones THAT KNEW HIM , would never say that he was racist .
Over 20 years ago, I started getting into rockabilly. Remembering rumors about Elvis, I researched his actual track record on race relations. I discovered that the proudest and most outspoken black celebrities like Ali and James Brown LOVED Elvis! And he loved them! There are quotes of Elvis praising virtually all of his black peers from the 50s & 60s and vise versa.
Elvis was not terribly fond of James Brown, and avoided him as best he could...he could often be a real SOB.
@@PutOnASweater I'm sure he could, but James Brown was still the first celebrity to arrive at Elvis's funeral and has called Elvis his "brother". There are several videos of Brown's tributes to Elvis right here on CZcams.
@@PutOnASweater He did not avoid James Brown. Brown himself said (paraphrase) -Elvis is the sleepingest son of a gun- every time I call Graceland (why would he have Elvis' number if Elvis wanted to avoid him?), they'd say he was asleep. Nowadays everyone knows Elvis slept by day, but it wasn't known (by Brown, at least) in the 60's. Orbison made the same mistake when he came by at noon with his newly written ''Running Scared'', which he wanted Elvis to sing. Elvis wasn't avoiding the Big O- he really was asleep! I am glad he was asleep, as Running Scared is another perfect Orbison song that fit his personality. Elvis ''running scared'' or loosing the girl, wasn't very realistic!
There is a number of black artists that were close friends of Elvis and denied any accusation of racism underlying the fact that Elvis success angered many black artists at the time ( i can sympathise with that while not agreeing!!).
James Brown was at his funeral as a friend and Sammy Davies junior was a close friend and also said that Elvis learned a lot by black artists but also many black artists were inspired by him!
Quincy Jones basically met Elvis once, took someone else comment as the truth, never worked with him and said was coached by someone who has never even met him and all the other artists who commented on Elvis being racist have done so simply based on the media rumours that has been denied by Elvis himself and those around him!... And im not even an Elvis fan and still this doesn't sit right with me!
Jackie Wilson said his favorite performer was Elvis..and said he was a great guy
He married precillag after keeping her in his room from 14 to 18 then married her wen her parent got passed cause checks hush money stopped coming.
And country music stars were mad at Elvis because their sales went down 50 percent because Evis changed how country was sung and had a slew of country hits.People just loved his music, so unique and different.
Shame people always want to ruin others down especially when too many incidents showed compassion to people of all races smh Seems like almost everyone is accused of being racist nowdays it's like crying rape when it didnt happen it insults people who were true victims also funny how allegations are made against dead people who aren't here to defend themselves
Q.Jones was a member of the Tommy Dorsey Band during this era and it was Dorsey himself who made derogatory remarks about EP for his style of music. Dorsey could have realized how his era of music was coming to a close but discredited EP for it. . but Q.Jones probably adopted Dorsey’s opinion since it likely concluded his own position as a member of the band. .
"Elvis created a new style all his own, and gave an injection to black music like no other artist had ever done." --- Legendary black entertainer Rufus Thomas. Elvis gave AN INJECTION to black music, he didn't appropriate it or steal it. In fact he propelled it. R&R was born mostly in the Southern US states, and Elvis was an integral pioneer of this genre during the 1940s and 1950s in the Church scene and Shakerag and Beale Street scenes when everyone was jamming and looking for a new sound. Elvis opened a LOT OF DOORS for people that the industry shut out.
Yeah I'm sure Elvis really gave two shits about Quincy Jones!
I knew the great black character actor, Ji-Tu Cumbuka. He knew Elvis well and worked with him. He discussed Elvis with me. He was VERY clear in his feelings about Elvis. He said Elvis Presley was NOT a racist.
These made up stories are only because they didn’t want him to have a good name and because the most are just freaking jealous over him….hoddamn why can’t they stop harassing the man….
@@backyardastronaut5272 its worst than that this white rascism is overtaking the planet.what it shows is rascism is ok if done by non whites.of course this is just globalist propaganda but the lie has been told for so long that people believe it. i cant believe people actually believe this.if it continues then america will be destroyed the world also of course thats probably the end game, a new world authortarian communist world.its all over because people are to stupid to think for themselves
Didn't Elvis leave his Black maid money in his will ? Presley’s maid from 1963 to 1977, Mary Jenkins, shared a conversation with Jet magazine in 1986 she had with Presley. Elvis told Mary in the mid-1960s that he was still very upset about the rumor about him started in the 1950s that claimed he said “the only thing a black person could do for him was shine his shoes. In 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr. died, Elvis was devastated. One of Presley’s co-stars in the film, Celeste Yarnall, recalled what happened as she and Elvis watched King’s funeral on television in Presley’s dressing room. Yarnall said that Elvis proceeded to sing an a capella version of “Amazing Grace” in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Presley’s former girlfriend, Linda Thompson. “We used to listen to his speeches over and over, and the cadence and the mellifluous tone of Martin Luther King’s voice was so inspirational. Quincy Jones must have Dementia . He once said Paul McCartney was the worst bass player he ever heard !!! C-R-A-Z-Y- !!!
It depends. I always told it was other family member’s who’s started trouble. It sounded like Peyton place lol. I just came back from some family funerals. RIP I don’t think making him a saint is realistic. I do believe some of what Quincy said..
@@rvegas81 then you must be an idiot and none of the people he wouldn't tolerate them doing anything like that so you need to learn your facts buddy just because somebody says it doesn't mean it's true
It is unwise, and intellectual lazy to judge people from other eras by the standers of the current era. It is immoral to use such judgements for political positioning. And evil......to use such judgements for personal gain. Hopefully, there are enough people in America with enough critical thinking skills to start rejecting these types of things.
Right on!!well said racism is a learned behavior !!
Elvis literally had James Brown and Muhammed Ali in his friend group. 2 of the proudest black man ever
It's not that hard to discern if someone is a racist from the 1950s, if the evidence is there. I don't really think it is.
Lee.
Correct.
Today's left wing democrat party IS totalitarian and a danger to our liberty and our constitutional republic.
They are pathological liars who will stop at Nothing, to divide and tear down this country.
It's the left that lies about elvis presley. Just like they lie about everything else.
The single most destructive force, the left undermines the principles of liberty and our bill of rights. They've duped and manipulated millions of low IQ weak minded sheep.
Anyone who calls elvis a racist, is not only a low IQ weak minded sheep, but mentally disturbed as well.
F Quincy. Whole bunch calls everyone racist. Elvis will be remembered way before him. Elvis grew up around colors
Hearing the accusations that Quincey Jones made of Elvis being a racist breaks my heart and actually irritates me. So many black celebrities were close, personal friends of his.
Elvis’ personal chef, Mary Jenkins, a black woman, he cherished.
She started working for him in the early 60s. Elvis was very loving and caring of her, buying her a home, and several cars.
She would carry his meal to him and he would ask her to stay with him and they would talk for hours she said.
She wrote a book, “Elvis, Memories Beyond Graceland’s Gates”, he adored her and she adored him.
Elvis never saw color. He saw friends and mentors.
Hasbeen trying to get his name back in the news and pretend to be relevant hops on the racist bandwagon and throws mud at someone who can't hit back.
Exactly what I thought Lon
You got that right
Quincy Jones also said The Beatles were not good musicians, Michael Jackson stole a lot of his music from other people and that his old ass dated Ivanka Trump. I would take his claims with a grain of salt.
Thats what they do
You are right on Que! I wasted a response when all I had to do was read yours. But this is a lesson for us simple folks. Haters come in all shapes and sizes.The really accomplished and those not.
Leave THE KING alone! Pretty soon you’ll be saying Casper the Friendly Ghost was a racist
Well of course Casper is a racist, haven't you seen just how so so white he is !!!!!
🤣😂😃😂🤣😃
Yeah... how come he's wearing that white sheet?
LOL
It's sad how people would post and say damaging things about superstar, singers that can't tell the facts because they passed on, it's good to read comments from others to tell the true of Elvis and educating us that don't know.
James Brown on Elvis "MY BROTHER. WE sung Gospel together." James was in the room with Elvis' casket for hours after he died. They had to pull him out of the room, he didn’t want to leave. James knows best. So did Muhammad Ali. So did B.B. But James Brown knew Elvis the best. And he NO DOUBT would have responded in force to Quincy "I Never Met Elvis and I own all Michael Jackson Songs" Jones' BS.
Watch The Elvis Videos, Elvis And The Black Community! Elvis was not Racist's, he was A Good Decent Giving Man with a God Given Talent Who Never Saw A Man Or Woman By Their Skin Color ! Quincy will never be Remembered Like Elvis !
Hello linda
@Mani Watson Elvis had respect for all people. Quincy J. has no respect for others.
When are we going to start holding people accountable for false claims?
Johnny Depp did exactly that with Amber Heard! Don't those people know that if you talk trash.... you could get sued.
@@lildee2626 Luckily Johnny Depp was alive to defend himself.
Amen! Mama always said, be prepared to back up any claims you ever make. I say the same. You feel strong enough to speak ill about the dead, you better have the proof that what you say is factural.
He stole ppl music ,I guess not today
@ Rosebed416
Linda Ronstadt, another great singer, who sang all genres on earth, most of her songs are covers. And there are many, many more.
Elvis never claimed to having written those songs, He just liked them and made his own versions outta them.
Now, if he said “I wrote those songs” then I would believe he stole them but, so far….nothing.
I consider Elvis Presley the best one to ever do it. Elvis was called the King on stage by a fan and he was recorded as stating that there "IS ONLY ONE KING, Jesus Christ." Elvis was HUMBLE. He was PART OF the engineering of Rock and Roll which CAME FROM Gospel, the Blues and Country music. (the blues were created by blacks and Christian music and Country created by whites)
THAT is what causes the confusion, so anyone with an agenda can use the evolution of the Blues and Rock music as "stealing" when it was just music and YOUNG musicians and creative people taking music in a new direction.
Elvis was performing Gospel in the 1940s before Little Richard or Chuck Berry ever cut a record and gospel was at the core of Rock and Roll as much as R&B or Country/Rockabilly. So Elvis was a forefather and pioneer of Rock and Roll and he was instrumental in getting black music, the Blues, Gospel music, Jazz and Rockabilly music heard on a grand stage during a period of segregation and racism. Elvis was synergy, he was fusion, he was totally non-racist. In fact he was the opposite of racist. He provided a platform for this music and wanted ALL of America to get a taste of it like he did. He created a whole new style of dance and clothing and hair and the way he performed on a stage was even more unique.
When someone tells me Elvis STOLE black music... I reply back NO, he came up WITH THE BLUES and was responsible for fusing it with other genres and that brought a LOT of new faces and wallets to black music that no other artist had ever done. The reason black LEGENDS LIKE BB KING, MUHAMMAD ALI, LITTLE RICHARD, CHUCK BERRY, RANDY JACKSON, JACKIE WILSON liked or loved Elvis was because as BB King said Elvis TRULY MEANT IT. He took the music SERIOUS and shared it with the whole world. "Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business." - Isaac Hayes
So now it's "cultural appropriation" if you sing a song written by a black American? Funny, I never hear that when a black artist uses music from white artists. Why is that? I believe it was Sissy Houston (Whitney's mother) who was part of the back up singers for Elvis, that said in TX they told Elvis he couldn't use them in the Concert. Elvis told them, "if they don't sing, I don't sing." Kinda strange thing for a supposed "racist" to do.
Bashing the dead for publicity.
Elvis was raised to respect all people! He was raised in the church in Tupelo in the 1940’s to fear the lord and that you treat other better than yourself! Elvis would never ever disrespect his fellow man and woman. Quincy is a legend in music but his claim is BS
From all that I have ever heard about Elvis- personal stories, etc. from people who knew him, I always heard that he liked black people, and was always nice to black fans. I heard that he once gave his own new Cadillac to a young black man who was admiring it. Michael Jackson and his siblings used to go see Elvis in Vegas, and hang out with him, when the Jacksons performed there for an extended time. Quincy Jones likes to talk crap about all these people who are dead, including MJ, and Quincy never even knew Elvis.
“there is evidence that Presley donated money to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other civil rights organizations.” Perhaps, as some noted, Elvis’ actions did some of the work that Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life towards-bringing America and Americans together to advance humanity.
When Elvis played the Houston Astrodome in 1970 they told him to leave his black backup group The Sweet Inspirations , ...home. Elvis told them if they don't go then I don't go. Watch it online. And listen to what ,
Muhammad Ali
Sammy Davis
B.B, King
Red Foxx
Jackie Wilson
Fats Domino
James Brown
Rufus Thomas .....said about their love and friendship they had for and with Elvis.
"No Sweets? ...No Elvis" and he had a blonde woman drive the Sweet Inspirations in an open convertible around the Astrodome infield before the concert began.
Yes. I've done lot's of research about Elvis, and the conclusion I've come to is, there's lot's of evidence that he likely wasn't racist and only hearsay that he was. His backup singers, The Sweet Inspirations, were black women who said he treated them with nothing but respect. His housekeeper said she had the same kind of relationship with him and he even bought her a house because she liked it. Check out some of their interviews. Elvis also referred to Fats Domino as the true King of Rock 'n Roll. He also became good friends with Muhammad Ali, and if you know anything about Ali, you'd know he'd never have tolerated a racist.
thank you for this wonderful comment." Spot On"
@@collingalanos1783 true!
it was a time black music was coming out but only after being "toned" down, Elvis used all it's creativity and talent.
Quincy sounds like he's been drinking the hatorade!
Exactly
I so agree
Tired of Black on White hate.
Hatorade!! LOL!
STFU. I'm not saying Elvis is a racist. There are people out there like Hulk Hogan who live a double life and lie about the type of person he is. Hogan has done quite a bit for black people yet he was revealed as a racist. This is just Quincy Jones perspective on Elvis.
Elvis grew up knee deep in black culture. He was consumed with their music. I’m sure he might’ve made racial comments that were questionable back then. Today’s PC culture brands EVERYTHING racist. Elvis’ roots are so steeped in black culture, that it’s ridiculous to think of him being racist. I’m not even an Elvis fan per se. I really do believe a lot of black performers were angry that whites came along and received more attention for singing their songs. Understandable. Little Richard didn’t like Pat Boone sanitizing his music, UNTIL the royalty checks came in. Suddenly it wasn’t too bad. Same with Fats Domino. Pat Boone paid for a lot of the jewelry on his hands.
That whole appropriation thing is bullshit. Everyone was ripping off everyone. Back then as much as today.
Tell that to Sam Bell, his best friend growing up, who was black, whose grandparents loved Elvis because he was the only white kid who called them “ma’am” and “sir”…actually, the only kid who called them that, period. And his cook, Mary Jenkins, who he bought a house for in Memphis and would sneak over there sometimes and sleep when he missed his momma. He hung out in black churches, black music clubs, learned from black musicians. People don’t know what they’re talking about 🙄
he put on a facade just to culturally appropriate (steal from black culture) in order to make a lot of money. it was a sneaky plan and he succeeded bigly with it
A person's life and overall 'body of work' often reveals their true character... not some baseless unsubstantiated claims which may in effect constitute slander or libel.
So it was ok for him to take or pay precilla parent to allow him to bring her from Germany age age 14 to his mansion locked her in a room to keep public outrage down drugged her occurring to her words hit her
And was threaten by her parent to marry her or be putted notice precilla parent was never in any pictures?
@@lhuff1069 You’re a lying POS!
WTF’s wrong with you?
@@lhuff1069 You have an abundance of issues besides being semi illiterate clearly.
Please continue your education and try not to twist facts to such a level of distortion to appear knowledgeable.
You just made a complete fool of yourself. Vicki
@@lhuff1069 doesn't prove racism. Lol
Especially when there is video from a talk show that shows the guy who allegedly coached him saying he never met Elvis. Jones is a POS.
His cook was black. If he was truly a racist I doubt he would want a black person handling his food and helping to run his house.
So basically according to this Quincy Jones claimed that Tommy Dorsey claimed that Elvis was a racist but proves nothing, this sound like a an other junkyard channel of the internet to put on the "ignore for ever" list
Jones is always talking crap about other artist out of sheer jealousy. He overrates himself and understates everyone else.
I prefer to read the memories of a man who really knew Elvis.
The King of the Blues, B.B. King, said in 2010: "With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know".
Amen.
DAMNED STRAIGHT !!! That's why, to this day, E.P. remains THE KING !!!
Why do you care whether or not he was liked by King? Ever ask yourself that?
Why not pay attention to what QuincyvJones said? I'm certain it's valid.
@@loriannrichardson7644 depper is a wanker. he called me a racist and has yet to furnish me any proof that I hated or said Elvis was a racist.
@@loriannrichardson7644he didn’t even know Elvis. BB King knew Elvis very well. It’s a no-brainer. Anyone saying anything different is biased beyond measure.
Quincy really has being on a epic rant towards past icons like Micheal, Elvis, and even the Beatles.
jealousy and bitterness
He’s selling a book. The issue isn’t Quincy. The issue are platforms and media outlets that don’t do their own research into baseless accusations and carry them further than they need to be
Bitter old drunk has also shot his mouth off about Marvin Gaye and claims he knows some guy who ''plays guitar better than Jimi Hendrix'' (also that Hendrix was ''intimidated'' by Jones' band). Yeah, right. Pathetic old dude can't even come up with decent lies! ''Ringo couldn't play drums''. ''The Beatles were lousy musicians''- get out of here, old rough dried, brain fried drunk!
THE GODFATHER OF SOUL LOVED ELVIS ! THANKED HIM FOR SETTING THE STAGE FOR HIM ! JAMES BROWN WHILE ALIVE , R. I. P. , SAID ELVIS WAS ALWAYS IN HIS PRAYERS EVERYDAY . WE'RE TALKING THE GODFATHER OF SOUL HERE .
It’s disturbing how people will say negative comments about a person once they are deceased. As someone who grew up in Memphis, Tn and black. I never heard anything remotely of him being a racist.
It begs the question, why did Jones not came out with this shit before?
* come out *
@@philwright2480 Word on the street is that Quincy had some sugar in his tank (if you catch my drift).
Quincy Jones is another weak minded sheep who is easily duped and manipulated by bullshit propaganda.
Quincy Jones is a deviant pathological liar.
I wonder the same...People is crazy about everything. The quarantine is taking effect
The more i learn about Q.J., the more i dont care for him
It is so hard and perhaps unfair to define Elvis from 1956 in the mindset of 2022. Elvis was amazingly talented, loved the music emanating from largely black artists and helped to bring people of different backgrounds together. Unfair? The whole society in that time and place was unfair. Elvis helped move us forward.
His black back up singers tried calling him Boss in the beginning but he wasn’t having it.
“Then what do we call you?“ asked the beautiful Myrna Smith.
“Brother,” he said. “Just call me brother.”
So like everyone else they just ended up just calling him Elvis. And “Mr Presley” was applied only to his father.
I remember seeing in a interview where a young black couple was looking at a car but couldn't afford to buy it because the husband was just starting a job and Elvis ended up buying them the car because it helped out the husband to get to work .
I disagree with remarks you made about Elvis’ film career being “utterly forgettable “.A number of his films, especially earlier in his career, were quite good. He was also a box office sensation, making a lot of money for his studios. As far as Elvis being a “racist “ (he wasn’t), it is fashionable nowadays to call everyone a “racist “ especially dead people who can’t defend themselves. It is an ongoing attempt these days to re-write history.
He may not have made 1 song or movie that gets all the talk but he did 32 films, many TV appearances, and almost 1000 songs sung, thousands of concerts and all that matters is everyone on earth even if they aren't a fan know Elvis and likes at least a handful of songs, a movie, a concert performance or a TV special and can still name them and recognize the man even 45 years after his death. For someone who feared being forgotten at the end of his life he would sure be happy and shocked that he's still liked by millions, and loved by billions. Very few people hate the guy and those that do are going to have to answer for that one day. Hating Elvis is like hating Jesus it just don't make any damned sense.
To be fair, these rumors were going around while he was very well alive
If you look at the money the films made, they could be classed as successful. But Elvis didn't think much of the films he was contracted to be in, infact, after reading many of the scripts for the films that eventually got made, Elvis would be physically ill. He did the best with the crap that they served up to him. I think it was true that Elvis could certainly act, I believe he just didn't get the opportunity with the right film for him. It's a shame.
I like all Elvis' Movies! A few years ago I went through all Elvis Movie because I just got Through The DECADES on my antenna TV. "Nostalgia" All the World's Happenings gong back to ?early? 1900's. A lot that has to do with 1950's, 1960's, 1970's! Girl Happy; Where The Boys Are, Frankie & Annette's Beach Movies; SPRING BREAK-how it used to be :) Elvis' car racing movies-a simpler days [for the fun of racing] before MULTI MILLION DOLLARS RULED car racing! Kid Galahad [boxing], do a few fights to earn enough money to buy a small business, YES, the years of professional boxing, taking bribes, etc., became BIG BUSINESS! It Happened at The World's Fair, one small Fair, Roustabout and The Trouble With Girls [how to get into it], Chautauqua, New York, a small fair/vaudeville going to small towns, THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS :) in most of America when Elvis did the Movies. I don't care what anyone says about Elvis' Movies. That's the Way it Was when Elvis was still here. I think the kids born in the 1980's and on, WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THINGS WERE LIKE BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. I didn't learn anything in Middle and High School because we got a New Middle School Building, NO TEXT BOOKS, the teachers were a new Crop out of College and had to LECTURE, we took notes and had tests from our Note taking. When my three sons went to my Middle and High School; STILL CAN'T AFFORD Text Books :( :( :( Art classes has to have the Parents pay money for the Art Supplies so their children to learn the different kinds of Art! 1975; Band, Orchestra and Chorus WAS CANCELED SO THE MONEY WOULD GO TO THE BOYS SPORTS, WRESTLING, BASKET BALL, FOOTBALL. Girls Sports wasn't allowed :( :(
I thoroughly agree with you especially the part about comments made about people who are dead and can no longer defend themselves!!!
I just heard that the blues lady who played Big Mama Thornton in the film just passed away. Prayers to her family.
RIP
@@cindyk.6462 I thought it was so sad. Especially since she was an important voice for the film.
Yesssss Elvis was not a racist he bought his housekeeper a house and a car I believe but she was like his mother she was African American Elvis Presley was half Native American and Irish his mom had native American roots and Scottish Irish and his dad was Irish.Elvis had black back up singers he met Richard Nixon because Nixon was a fan of Elvis.The man is deceased let him rest in peace.Elvis went to black churches he loved the way black people worshipped God he loved their music and he went to their revivals.Elvis was a big fan of Mahalia Jackson and BB King all the old blues and gospels black artists
Elvis isn‘t racist for sure. Anyone who knew him well would confirm that. His black background singers said he isn‘t racist.
@@turtlecoal -
yeah, there are many people of different races who worked for him when he became famous & guess what, they ALL were his friends too...
And he did have friends of different races (who didn't work for him) too and guess what..... They all said he was the most nicest, polite, humble, generous, loving man who never had a racist bone in his body.
And yes, by those who knew him as a young boy in Mississippi.
you DO KNOW he grew up in the black area of Mississippi....
His Mama worked the fields & carried her baby with so he heard all kinds of music. (his Daddy was in prison for a forged check).
Seems all you know is what sensational tabloids allowed you to know. Sad for you.....
@@turtlecoal Why don't you do your research?
@@turtlecoal - Hey, so what have YOU DONE PERSONALLY TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE....
Your CZcams comments, as inaccurate as they are, just dont cut it!
@@turtlecoal -
how sad for you that you cannot accept and you fight without any true facts, that Elvis Presley was a wonderful human being to ALL!!!
How sad for you....
@@turtlecoal really? another idiot who eats shit? that old woman was 23 years old already! she was older. she met him at 14 which is something else
so many factual inaccuracies in this video. just wow.
Wikipedia bio on Roy Hamilton states:
"In early July 1969, Hamilton suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his home in New Rochelle, New York.[1][25] He was taken to New Rochelle General Hospital where he lay in a coma for more than a week. On July 20, 1969, he was removed from life support and died.[25] Hamilton was 40 years old. Some connected his earlier illness that caused his retirement to his death, although a connection was never proven.[20]
In a 2017 documentary for the BBC, Hamilton’s son Roy Hamilton Jr. revealed that Elvis Presley sent Roy's wife, Myrna, a rose every day Hamilton was in the hospital. When Hamilton passed away from complications of his stroke, Presley sent Myrna flowers for the following six months.
At the time of his death, Hamilton was heavily in debt, forcing him, a week before he died, to borrow heavily on his insurance policy to pay off back taxes. This prompted his widow, Myrna, to publicly seek funds for his burial. Elvis Presley is said to have covered Hamilton’s outstanding medical bills and funeral costs. At Hamilton's funeral service, messages of condolence sent by Presley, Mahalia Jackson and B.B. King were read out to the mourners."
Doesn't sound like a racist.
Mary Jenkins, Elvis' cook of 14 years, was much more than hired help to Elvis. He bought her 4 cars and a 3 bedroom home.